Individual Details

Census (family)

George Schoon Head M 34 Iowa
Freda Schoon Wife F 28 Iowa
Carl Schoon Son M 7 Iowa
Lena Schoon Daughter F 6Iowa
Albert Schmitt Hired man M 22 Iowa

Death

THE MONTICELLO EXPRESS, MONTICELLO, IOWA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1987, PAGE 19

Frieda Schoon
Services were held July 16 for Frieda Schoon, 95, at the Goettsch Funeral Home in
Monticello with burial at the Wayne Zion Cemetery. The Rev. Robert E. Slade officiated at the services., Mrs. Frieda Schoon, Monticello, died July 13 at the Hallmark Care Center in Mount Vernon, following an extended illness. Frieda Engelbarts was born Jan. 26,1892, in Castle Grove Township, the daughter of
Benhart and Lena Johnson Engelbarts. She received her early education at the Black Oak School in Jackson Township.
Frieda Engelbarts and George Schoon were married Feb. 15, 1911. The couple made their home near Amber, where they farmed. They farmed until their retirement in 1950. They then lived in Anamosa until 1960, when they moved to Monticello.
George Schoon died Oct. 11, 1974. Frieda continued to live in Monticello until health problems caused her to move to the care center in 1985. Frieda was a member of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church.
Frieda is survived by two children, Carl Schoon of Monticello and Lena Parcel of
Clinton; five grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren and four great- greatgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters and three brothers.
Casketbearers were W.C. Schoon, Walter Smith, Tim Smith, Brad Smith, Colin Reuter, Galen Engelbart and Andrew Parcel.
Goettsch Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.